Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεόρρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεόρρυτος νεόρρυτον

Structure: νεορρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/w

Sense

  1. fresh-flowing

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθον πατρὸσ ἀρχαῖον τάφον, ὁρῶ κολώνησ ἐξ ἄκρασ νεορρύτουσ πηγὰσ γάλακτοσ καὶ περιστεφῆ κύκλῳ πάντων ὅσ’ ἐστὶν ἀνθέων θήκην πατρόσ. (Sophocles, episode 1:2)
  • ‐ ‐ ἐμοὶ δ’ ὅπωσ τάχιστά γ’ ἐμπεσεῖν δοκεῖ καὶ πρᾶγμ’ ἐλέγχειν σὺν νεορρύτῳ ξίφει. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 5:2)
  • λευκὰ πολυτρήτοιο νεόρρυτα κάλλεα κηροῦ πάντῃ δ’ ὀρνίθων γενεὴ λιγύφωνον ἀείδει, ἀλκυόνεσ περὶ κῦμα, χελιδόνεσ ἀμφὶ μέλαθρα, κύκνοσ ἐπ’ ὄχθαισιν ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὑπ’ ἄλσοσ ἀηδών. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 363 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. fresh-flowing

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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